heritage industry (2)

Faisal Muhammad Al-Shammari

January 16, 2023

Environmental heritage is defined as places, buildings, works, monuments, movable objects, and counties of governmental or local heritage significance.

The three pillars used to describe the historical heritage are: texture, stories and culture, and individually and collectively they constitute the historical heritage of a place.

Cultural ecosystem services are defined as the benefits that people gain from their interactions with different ecological spaces, such as gardens and oases or forests and parks, and the activities (such as walking and cycling) that they perform in these spaces.

And the reference of heritage, as it provides evidence of our past and how our society developed, and helps us to examine our history, customs and traditions, in a way that enables us to develop awareness of ourselves, to help us understand and explain why we are what we are today.

One of the results of reviving heritage in the country is the adoption by global and regional organizations concerned with heritage of many places and activities in the Emirates as a living part of human heritage.

To complete the circle of the three times (past, present, and future), with a dialectical relationship harmonious in its rhythm with the human civilizational construction of values, the pillars of which were established by the leadership.

The founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God bless his soul, brought together the three eras in a sequence that reflects the status of culture and heritage in his luminous thought, and based on the linguistic root “inherited.” Culture, customs and traditions pertain to future generations, and they are responsible for preserving it, whether heritage orally or spoken, or even a material heritage.

Among his many immortal sayings in this regard: “He who has no past has neither a present nor a future.”

He also said: “Our people must not forget their past, their ancestors, how they lived, and what they relied on in their lives, and the more people feel about their past and know their heritage, the more they care about their country and are more willing to defend it.”

He also directed knowledge of the heritage because it “illuminates ideas and illuminates the path of life.” Heritage is the nation’s inexhaustible memory, an “elixir” for survival and an incentive for continuity.

The founding father's leadership genius combined the capabilities of the three eras, merging the heritage with the modern era.

Is cultural heritage an environmental system that requires the availability of capabilities for its sustainability?

The values ​​of heritage and cultural identity are among the many categories of cultural ecosystem services recognized in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, including religious services (as a form of spiritual inspiration). Important and vital institutional culture.

The homeland today is perhaps the first in the world in terms of social cohesion, a beacon of civilizational radiance and a model and example of tolerance, as more than 205 nationalities of different cultures, customs, traditions and religions live on our land and between us, practicing their customs, traditions and rituals in complete freedom, security and safety, and mutual respect and appreciation.

The three main types of heritage tourism sites are: natural, cultural and built. Natural heritage sites include terrain, desert landscapes, oases, farms and estates. Cultural heritage tourism includes attending festivals or selling traditional products.

Built heritage sites include places such as monuments and historic homes;

That is why we hope that the registration of “Hraft Al-Tali” in the “UNESCO” list of intangible cultural heritage will be followed by institutional initiatives that document our heritage and “govern” its tourism and educational investment, transfer it to sustainable horizons, and preserve it so that it is transmitted by its children, and so that the “UAE” label remains an attribute of national heritage and in the hands of its children. , to turn into an economic industry and enhance the national cultural movement, and perhaps a return to interesting television programs and activities similar to the “Competitions in Yesterday’s Life” program, whose episodes we used to watch on our channels and see the founding father’s personal participation in many of his activities.

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